Een musichall-zangeres, die tevens de vriendin van een gangster is, wordt door de politie achtervolgd omdat ze tegen haar verliefde moet getuigen. Ze vindt een schuilplaats: een huis waarin acht geleerden (waarvan zeven oud) een encyclopedie moeten samenstellen.
Nee, helaas is Ball of Fire nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Howard Hawks | Director |
| Writing | Charles Brackett | Screenplay |
| Writing | Thomas Monroe | Original Story |
| Writing | Billy Wilder | Original Story |
| Writing | Billy Wilder | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Production | Earl Rettig | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Art | McClure Capps | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Frank Maher | Sound Engineer |
| Art | Perry Ferguson | Art Direction |
| Art | Howard Bristol | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Production | Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
| Directing | William Tummel | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Gregg Toland | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Samuel Goldwyn | Presenter |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Arthur Rosson | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | John Sherwood | Assistant Director |
| Camera | James V. Murray | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Marty Moss | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costumer |
| Crew | David Buttolph | Additional Music |
| Sound | Martha Tilton | Vocals |
| Art | Irving W. Sindler | Property Master |